The Source: How Healthy, Or Unhealthy, Is San Antonio?

San Antonio Metro Health District's report details amputations as a result of Diabetes

San Antonio Metro Health District

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The health of San Antonio is gauged each year by the San Antonio Metro Health District's annual report. Bexar County and San Antonio have never been beacons of health, but the report details the specific issues that we are dealing with locally.

From unprecedented levels of syphilis infections to amputations from diabetes at a rate four times the national average, the city still has major health problems.

Dr. Thomas Schlenker, director of the San Antonio Metro Health district, discusses where we are succeeding in things like the dramatic drop in teen pregnancies and where we still have work to do.